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August 22, 2019

“I am a woman, do not lock me up with men!”

Testimonial

Women LGBTQI Morocco

Sama was incarcerated in Boulmharez, Morocco. She tells her story.

August 21, 2019

Protecting LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: a fundamental duty

Interview

LGBTQI

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), headquartered in Geneva, has been working for forty years to prevent abuse in prison, especially by strengthening the monitoring bodies in places of deprivation of liberty. It is publishing a monitoring guide for the protection of LGBTI persons i…

August 18, 2019

Nicaragua: cárcel y homofobia

News

Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Nicaragua

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July 31, 2019

USA: cause of death revealed for transgender woman who died at Rikers Island

News

North America LGBTQI United States

Officials said an autopsy found that a transgender woman died of complications from epilepsy in New York’s Rikers Island jail, exacerbating her family’s suspicion that jail conditions contributed to her death.

June 11, 2019

United States: after a transgender woman’s death at Rikers, calls for justice and answers

News

North America LGBTQI United States

In April, Layleen Polanco, a transgender woman, was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges and sent to the Rikers Island jail complex because she could not afford to pay a $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was found dead in her cell.

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May 13, 2019

LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: ring the warning bell

Analysis Report

LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice

Gang rapes, harassment, inhumane treatment, insults: LGTBI people are victims of physical and verbal abuse. Imprisonment exposes them to more risks.

April 22, 2019

France: à Caen, dans la prison pionnière des transgenres

News

Europe LGBTQI France

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April 1, 2019

Nicaragua: mujeres transgénero denuncian abusos en las cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Nicaragua

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March 3, 2019

UK: first transgender prison unit to open

News

Europe LGBTQI Facilities United Kingdom

The UK’s first prison unit for transgender inmates will open this week, the Ministry of Justice has said.

January 25, 2019

United States: transgender inmate moved to women’s prison

News

Women LGBTQI United States

For the first time in the state, a transgender inmate has been moved from an all-male prison to the state women’s prison, MCI-Framingham (above) to be housed according to her gender identity.

January 3, 2019

Mexico: garantizar derechos de población lésbico-gay en cárceles, pide CNDH

News

Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Mexico

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November 30, 2018

United Kingdom : A third of prisons hold at least one transgender inmate, MoJ says

News

Europe LGBTQI United Kingdom

Official data shows that 114 prisoners identified as female and 19 as male

November 16, 2018

France: la France Insoumise veut améliorer les conditions de détention des personnes trans’

News

Europe LGBTQI France

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September 9, 2018

United Kingdom: sexual assaults in women's prison reignite debate over transgender inmates

News

Women LGBTQI United Kingdom

A leading prison reformer has said prisoners who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to women’s prisons if they have not legally changed their gender, after it emerged that a transgender inmate had sexually assaulted fellow prisoners after transferring to a…

July 27, 2018

Lithuania: UN committee calls on the country to investigate CIA prison suspicions, ensure LGBTI rights

News

LGBTQI Lithuania

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called on Lithuania to fully investigate suspicions that a secret CIA prison operated in Lithuania.

July 15, 2018

Argentina: confirman que el preso transgénero no desea ir a una cárcel de mujeres

News

South America LGBTQI Argentina

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May 22, 2018

Colombia: de la cárcel a la CIDH, una transgénero empoderada

News

LGBTQI Colombia

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May 15, 2018

États-Unis : les droits des personnes trans en prison gravement menacés par l'administration Trump

News

LGBTQI United States

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May 3, 2018

USA: a transgender inmate says she was raped in a 'discriminatory and dangerous' Colorado men's prison

News

LGBTQI United States

A transgender inmate who is suing Colorado’s corrections agency says she was raped at a men’s prison hours after a federal judge denied her request to block the prison from keeping her in a disciplinary unit, according to court records and the woman’s attorney.

February 13, 2018

Diren, détenue trans en Turquie, en grève de la faim

News

Europe LGBTQI Turkey

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January 3, 2018

L'enfer des prisons égyptiennes pour les détenus gays et trans

News

Africa Middle East LGBTQI Violence Egypt

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August 24, 2017

USA: transgender prison guard says colleagues call her a freak

News

LGBTQI United States

It didn’t take long for Meghan Frederick to feel the harassment she feared would come when she told her fellow correctional officers at a Sacramento prison that she identified as a transgender woman.

June 26, 2017

USA: transgender inmate says prison wrongly halted hormone meds

News

LGBTQI United States

A transgender inmate at Lackawanna County Prison says she suffered physical and psychological harm because prison medical staff halted hormone medications needed to help her transition from a biological male to a female.

May 17, 2017

UK: what it’s like to be a transgender woman in a men’s prison

News

LGBTQI United Kingdom

During the past 18 months, three openly transgender women have taken their own lives in custody in England: Vikki Thompson, Joanne Latham and Jenny Swift. Their deaths speak of the difficulties that transgender people face behind bars. The ongoing inquest into Thompson’s death sheds some light onto…